November 11, 201113 yr Author comment_5487951 Joined in progress. They seem to be working more aggressively than they did in the match the week before. They work an injury angle and Kid is stretchered out. Everyone does a really good job selling this. I wish this had led to a triumphant comeback match at Wrestlemania or something.
February 7, 201213 yr comment_5494384 I laughed at the announcer doing the announcement and Vince goes "Really? An announcement now?"
August 22, 201411 yr comment_5620855 Ah yes, Manny Garcia. More fuckups in a one-year ring announcing career than his illegitimate sister Lillian has made in 16 years. Babyface matches ending with a freak injury was a common WWF booking staple, but they go all-out for this one and it really seems like a precursor to the Shawn Michaels collapse later in the year. I don't know where exactly this was going because Kid was soon moved into the Razor/Jarrett feud and this whole thing was forgotten.
March 13, 20232 yr comment_6000764 This is another Waltman masterclass as he's again the sole reason these matches are any good. **3/4
December 18, 2024Dec 18 comment_6026568 WWF World Tag Team Champions Smoking Gunns vs 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly - WWF RAW 1/30/95 In fairness to the Gunns who won their titles 24 hours after Kid & Holly won theirs, Gunns are putting their titles on the line about an hour after they won it! Yes, an hour! Now thats fighting champions! However, they dont get credit for it, as this aired a week later. I went to first ever WWE TV Taping two days ago at the Boston Garden. Totally fucked it up, I assumed they would do the Dec 16th episode live 8-10am and the Dec 23rd episode 10pm-Midnight. They started it all an hour early so we came into Dec 16th episode in medias res. First time experiencing such a phenomenon, it is a lot of pro wrestling and it was about what I expected for the Holiday episode. I will say Vince & Shawn being photoshopped in front of the crowd in 1995 was really fucking good. I mean you have to be paying attention to notice it. It looks like 2020s technology. So kudos to them for making it look great. Must have been weird for the live crowd to see this title match again after only about an hour in between. This match pales in comparison to the first match. Kid gets a little shine showing off his speed. They get a double dropkick. Bart slams Kid's head to the mat. Double Russian Legsweep by the Gunns. Back from break, Kid hits a double clothesline on both Gunns. Holly's house of fire is so generic. It is pretty pedestrian except a strangely heated fistfight between Billy & Bob that almost looked uncooperative. Kid comes in and starts lighting everyone up with karate. He dives off the top with a Cannonball. Sells a stinger. Billy goes to pick him up, but his eyes roll back in the head and ref calls the match. Vince does a good job with the serious sell here. I am 99% sure this is a work as he was back in time for Mania to be in Razor's corner and wrestling in April. I thought he did sustain a neck injury in WWF or was it just in WCW. This was good, but the original match was much better. ***
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